The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The fall of Robespierre. Poems. A course of lectures. OmnianaW. Pickering, 1836 |
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... expression of the infinite , — which is not vastness , nor immensity , nor per- fection , but whatever cannot be circumscribed within the limits of actual sensuous being . In the ancient art , on the contrary , every thing was finite ...
... expression of the infinite , — which is not vastness , nor immensity , nor per- fection , but whatever cannot be circumscribed within the limits of actual sensuous being . In the ancient art , on the contrary , every thing was finite ...
Page 89
... expression in the tales . SPENSER . Born in London , 1553. - Died 1599 . There is this difference , among many others , between Shakspeare and Spenser : -Shaks- peare is never coloured by the customs of his age ; what appears of ...
... expression in the tales . SPENSER . Born in London , 1553. - Died 1599 . There is this difference , among many others , between Shakspeare and Spenser : -Shaks- peare is never coloured by the customs of his age ; what appears of ...
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... expressions of Othello and Iago in the last scene , when Iago is brought in prisoner , a wonderful instance of Shakspeare's consummate judgment : - Oth . I look down towards his feet ; -but that's a fable . If that thou be'st a devil ...
... expressions of Othello and Iago in the last scene , when Iago is brought in prisoner , a wonderful instance of Shakspeare's consummate judgment : - Oth . I look down towards his feet ; -but that's a fable . If that thou be'st a devil ...
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... expression , which belong not to a fool , but to a man of wit making himself merry with his own character . 5. There is an utter want of preparation in the decisive acts of Massinger's characters , as in Camiola and Aurelia in the Maid ...
... expression , which belong not to a fool , but to a man of wit making himself merry with his own character . 5. There is an utter want of preparation in the decisive acts of Massinger's characters , as in Camiola and Aurelia in the Maid ...
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... expression . Behold our lion ! " when we speak of some gallant soldier , is allegorical . Of most importance to our pre- sent subject is this point , that the latter ( the allegory ) cannot be other than spoken con- sciously ; whereas ...
... expression . Behold our lion ! " when we speak of some gallant soldier , is allegorical . Of most importance to our pre- sent subject is this point , that the latter ( the allegory ) cannot be other than spoken con- sciously ; whereas ...
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